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Members of the Boise City Council are (back, L-R) council members TJ Thomson, Ben Quintana, Lauren McLean, Scot Ludwig (front, L-R) Council Pro Tem Elaine Clegg, Mayor David H. Bieter and Council President Maryanne Jordan.

The Mayor works full-time, managing the day-to-day operations of the City and providing leadership and policy direction to the City Council. The Mayor chairs all meetings of the City Council, voting only in the case of a tie. The six members of the City Council work part-time, holding budget and policy-setting authority for the city. The Mayor and City Council members are elected at large by popular vote. City Council members are elected to a specific Council seat, but the seats are not determined geographically. City elections are held in odd number years (e.g. 2007, 2009, 2011).

A Boise Police Night STEP (DUI team) officer
on patrol this morning witnessed a vehicle making a turn from S,
Braodway Ave onto E. Warm Springs Ave. stop well into the crosswalk
approx. 2:00 this morning. The officer stopped the vehicle and
could smell the odor of an alcholic beverage coming from the
vehicle. He also noticed the driver's speech was slurred and her
eyes glassy. The suspect failed field sobriety tests and blew a
.142/.144. at the Ada County Jail. Because of two prior DUI
convictions, the suspect was charged with a felony. She was also
found by officers to be driving on a suspended license.

A Boise Police Neighborhood Contact
Officer on patrol in the area of S. Pacific St and W. Targhee St.
about 7:30 p.m. last night recognized the passenger in a passing
vehicle as a Roberts, who the officer knew had an outstanding
warrant for her arrest. The officer stopped the vehicle. A Boise
Police drug detection dog alerted on the rear of the vehicle, then
on several items taken from the vehicle.
During the search following Robert's
arrest, officers found her to be in possession of drug
paraphernalia including a glass pipe with white residue believed to
be methamphetamine.
Officers also found the driver, Byrum to be
in possession of a baggie with approx 12.6 total package weight of
methamphetamine, 3 scales, 19 syringes and a pipe with trace
amounts of residue believed to be meth. Both suspects were booked
into the Ada County Jail on the above charges.
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A Boise Police officer on patrol last
night, July 21st, turned into an alley east of S. 9th St. and River
St. at approx 9:40 p.m. The officer saw two men in the alley. As he
stopped to talk to them, one man, Nichols, appeared fidgety and the
officer could smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage as he spoke.
Nichols also failed to follow the officers commands to keep his
hands out of his pockets. When the officer went to arrest the
suspect for public intoxication, the suspect became aggressive and
continually refused to obey officer's commands. In a search
following his arrest, officers found Nichols to be in possession of
a plastic baggie containing a green leafy substance that tested
positive for marijuana. In the same baggie, officers found the
suspect to be in the possession of several pills of Hydrocodone.
The suspect was also found with a glass pipe with burnt marijuana
residue. Officers arrested the suspect on the above charged.